Variyar twins stay ahead, Kaustubh stunned

MUMBAI, DEC 26: The Variyar twins -- Mugdha and Purva -- the top two seeds in the under-12 girls kept a clean slate after two rounds, win...

MUMBAI, DEC 26: The Variyar twins 8212; Mugdha and Purva 8212; the top two seeds in the under-12 girls kept a clean slate after two rounds, winning both rounds in the Parle G Inter-Schools Chess Festival being conducted by the Bandra Chess Club and being held at St. Stanislaus ground, Bandra here today.

Mudgha, who won the under-12 title in the Bournvita Chess Tournament, defeated Gauri Rao on the top board while Purva, playing white won against Janhavi Lakshmi.

Most of the other seeded players had an easy time and the only upset happened in the under-8 boys section where Kaustubh Thipsay, the second seed lost to Joshua Michael.

RESULTS second round

Boys Under-12: R Chandrashekar 2 bt Iley Vilas Vaidya 1; Aditya Vora 2 bt Kunal Modi 1; Imran Shaikh 1 lost to Aniruddha Unni 2; Janak Bhatia 1 lost to Nilesh Yevle 2; Sachin Kamath 2 bt Prasad Jathar 1; Sanket Kulkarni 2 bt Pratik Kiran Vaidya 1; Kaustubh Tendulkar 1 lost to Sanju Maliakal 2; Ninad Puranik 2 bt Pritwik Balla 1; Kaushal Shukla 1 lostto Yashodhan Gogte 1; Sanjay Pushkar Nagal 1 lost to Prithiviraj Patankar 2.

Under-8: Kaustubh Thipsay 1 lost to Joshua Michael 2; Siddharth Kotian 2 bt Aditya Udeshi 1; Saurab Naik 2 bt Umang Khagram 1; Priyan Nagare 2 bt Sagar Gharat 1; Varoon Jitendra Pare 1 lost to Ajay Saumil 2.

GIRLS Under-12: Gauri Rao 1 lost to Mugdha Variyar 2; Purva Variyar 2 bt Janhavi Lakshmi 1; Mrudula Nambiar 2 bt Priyanka D8217;Souza 1; Niketa Brahme 1 lost to Priyanka Punjabi 2; Jigna Shah 1 lost to Prajakta Yevle 2.

Roylers prevail

Roylers Juhu defeated Voltas SC 3-2 in the New India Insurance Second Division WIFA league match at the Cooperage today. For Roylers, Steven D8217;Souza, Rembird Fernandes and Santan Rodrigues scored a goal each while Clyde D8217;Souza and A Fernandes scored consolation goals for Voltas SC.

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In another match, Atlas SC got past Mahatma SC 4-2 via tie-breaker 1-1 full time in the IIIrd Division Fr Agnel WIFA league match. Chetan Goria scored for the winners while Clifford Pereira did thesame for Mahatma SC.In tie-breaker, Chetan Goria, Nitesh Goria and Anand Poojary scored for Atlas. Only Allan Mendes could score from the spot for Mahatma.

Limaye scalps eight

Spinner Sunil Limaye of Dr DY Patil Sports Academy took eight wickets for 14 runs against Sr Anand Bharati Samaj Sangha, Thane in the second round of the 43rd Shamrao Thosar Memorial Shield Suburban Cricket 45 overs organised by the Sporting Clubs Committee at the Central Maidan, Thane today.

Brief scores: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy 266-7 in 45 Rupak Mulaye 36, DHarmendra Gupta 46, Nitin Khadeye 76, Prashant Gawade 69 bt Sri Anand Bharati Samaj Sangha, Thane 141 in 35 overs Nishikant Koli 50; Sunil Limaye 14-8

Fatima win

Fatima beat Fr Agnel B 18-8 in the Fr Agnel Mini Boys invitational basketball tournament at the Fr Agnel, Vashi courts today.

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Fatima were leading 12-2 at half-time. In youth boys match, Mastan YMCA defeated AVS 48-21. Mustan were leading 23-16 at half-time. Sheikh Shaque scored 17 pointswhile Suleman managed 11 to his credit while Chetan K got 11 for AVS.

Results Mini Boys: Fatima 18 Karan Tyagi 5, Sahir Chougle 4, Gliden Patel 4 bt Fr Agnel 8 Sridhar 4, Syoug 4; Youth Boys: Agnel Gym A 51 Binoy KB 19, Anup Nair 16 bt St Peters 36 Savio Menezes 15;Indian Gym 52 Tejas Arya 12, Rohan Kumar 10 bt Fr Agnel C 4

Ambedkar victorious

Dr Ambedkar, Kirti and Ruia clinched titles in junior college, senior college boys and junior college in Inter-Collegiate Kabaddi Tournament conducted by Maharashi Daynand College.

In junior boys, Dr Ambedkar College scored an easy 33-22 win over Maharashi Dayanand. Kirti defeated Dr Ambedkar 47-8. In girls, Ruia avenged their defeat, beating Ruparel 26-25.

Parmar through

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Govind Parmar entered the next round defeating Naresh Koli 23-14, 9-25, 25-19 in the eighth Mumbai District Carrom Championship played at the Sharda Mangal Karyalaya, Dadar.

Results Fifth round Govind Parmar bt Naresh Koli 23-19, 9-25, 25-19; Shailendra Barvebt Jitender vanel 3-20, 17-0, 16-9; Aslam Chitke bt Babulal Shrimal 24-13, 10-25, 25-13; Sunil Kumar Ram bt Jitender Wagh 2-25, 25-5, 24-18; Sanjay Nagarkar bt Vinod Baria 13-10, 16-23, 25-0, Ajay SHinde bt harji Baricha 10-18, 25-24, 25-8; Mahendra Tambe bt Dilesh Khedekar 24-19, 3-18, 25-14

Selections trials

State selection trials for the 34th Junior National football championships for the Dr BC Roy Trophy will be held at the Cooperage from January 1, 1999. Affiliated clubs of Mumbai and districts are requested to send their players born on or before January 1, 1980 along with their birth certificates to Cooperage.